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sergelang
Six to seven years to reach the majors?!
2.7m dollars is his value?!
HOW IS THIS GUY A GENERAL MANAGER!!?
jamesa-2
He is buddies with TLR
ilikebaseball 2
Seems even weirder to see Stewart openly devalue player when he use to be an agent! I don’t get why an extended development time for a teenager would be such a hinderance. You think he has a chance to make it to the show but its gonna take too long, so ship him out? Logic I don’t get.
gamemusic3 2
Stewart did complain about how Kemp should have the center field position for the Dodgers.
I thought it was an agent’s position but now I wonder if Stewart actually believed his claim.
Dock_Elvis
Stewart didn’t shop him around? In the scenario that you’re trying to rid Arroyo’s contract by dealing Toussaint…why wouldn’t he do that? It’s his job set.
When Stewart speaks…I keep trying to follow his logic, or his mehod of explanation. It’s difficult. They likely had the lowest opinion of Toussaint in baseball…that itself should have created a market.
firstbleed
Agree. I’m sure there was a lot of teams looking at Touki in later part of the 1st round last year that would love another chance at obtaining him.
Dock_Elvis
Granted… There are a teams out there who might not want to spend 10m to basically acquire Toussaints future…but man…I don’t so much begrudge him being traded….every team has to assess their own talent… But the Snacks got nothing but salary relief back…that was ridiculous. I guess they can still spin this into another trade and come out with something…. But they certainly work hard to get nowhere in deals. They bring Trumbo in as the cog…then deal him for a mediocre catcher.
It’s actually highly interesting in this day and age of stratified analytics.
Dock_Elvis
Please create an edit function and email notification system that works or consider going back to disqus
NoAZPhilsPhan 2
I still believe, as I said in previous articles about this trade, that the D-Backs saw something that they didn’t like. Teams have to share medical reports when trading but not evaluations etc. This is not the first time a supposed valuable player (in MiLB or MLB) has been traded and that player later falters with the new team. Stewart said and hinted as much (re: his value and future) in the interview. Too often others perception is not nearly as clear regarding a player as the team that has him. I know it’s been popular for many to bash the D-Backs decisions so far but I do find it hard to believe that the entire FO from Stewart to LaRussa on down is completely incompetent and blind.
Dock_Elvis
I believe what you say is true in large measure, but this is a front office that will be second guessed because of how strange their m.o. is. They guy was a 1st rounder just last season…he was viewed that way across baseball. One year hasn’t changed much. Yeah…maybe he’s not their guy….but it sounds more like they were so anxious to offload Arroyo and jumped Toussaint into the deal. Listening to Stewart talk about it reminds me of a guy who just broke up with a girl and now has a totally negative view of her. So…who to believe…Atlanta that just paid 10m to acquire Toussaint… Or a suspect Dave Stewart who doesn’t have the most street cred.
Ken Roucka
“Rosenthal wonders if the Nats will consider trading Ian Desmond this summer to clear room for a different acquisition.”
Why would I trade for a struggling SS who is a free agent at the end of the year? The Nats will have to sweeten that pot considerably. This isn’t the NBA where you trade for expiring contracts.
ronnsnow
I believe the Red Sox and A’s swapped 3 players with expiring contracts last season.
arc89
Those players were good players having very good years. Desmond is hitting 220. The only thing you could get back on his is a PTBNL not a good player.
Ken Roucka
correct
rmullig2
Cespedes had an additional year on his contract. They wouldn’t have made the deal if he was hitting free agency at the end of last season.
Bob Bunker
The comments by Stewart make me serisously question his ability to be a GM. They didn’t shop around for a better offer but just took the first one because it cleared Arroyo’s salary??? Then he goes on devalue a player, say that player is only worth a pre determined slot value, and admit they traded away a future big leauge piece for nothing.
wkkortas
Someone needs to tell Stew that Negotiations 101 tells you that you never take the first offer.
basquiat
The Nationals best IF is Rendon, 3B, Escobar, SS and Espinosa, 2B. They are solid together behind that pitching. The pieces are already in place for Desmond to move on so it makes sense for the Nationals to move him for higher priority needs.
virginiascopist
Yes, at the moment Desmond is not part of the Nationals’ best infield. The question is, what value does he have in trade? Almost definitely nothing that could help them this year. The ONLY reason Rizzo would consider trading him is that if his poor performance continues, he won’t be able to extend him the qualifying offer for fear he would accept it. Therefore, it becomes a matter of, would any team give up a prospect (or more than one) that would make up for the Nats not getting the compensation pick next year? Even if an acquiring team is betting on his performance improving, they would not be permitted to give Desmond a QO anyway, so what would be their incentive for them to trade for him?
Unless Rizzo is blown away by an offer, I think he will just keep his fingers crossed that Desmond returns to form such that he can help the Nats this year and allow them to extend the QO without worry.
Bronx Bombers
I didn’t see Desmond getting $100 million before the season started, I definitely don’t now.